Mine detail: Silver Tip Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.59974, -105.29668

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation;Gneiss And Mica Schist
Host type:	Sandstone,Limestone,Granite
Structure:	Sierra Blanca Massif, Ft. Garland Embayment, Vega Cr. Anticline, Wagon Mesa Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Malachite, Iron Oxides

References

MRDS	D006734
DEP	10087418
Reference	PATTON, H.B., AND OTHERS, 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE GRAYBACK MINING DISTRICT, COSTILLA COUNTY, COLOADO: CGS BULL. 2
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.